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JUN 36 1906 
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PREFACE. 



The marvelous advantages which may now be obtained by 
a settlement at Olympia, Wash., or in Thurston County, are 
specifically set forth in the following pages. Our purpose in 
furnishing the information herein contained is a desire to mutu- 
ally benefit both our readers and this community. 

We are convinced that thousands, and even millions, now 
living in the more populous and developed portions of the coun- 
try are seriously handicapped by the very lack of opportunities 
to use to greatest advantage their minds, their muscles, and their 
money. In such sections the natural resources are either ex- 
hausted or completely beyond the control of the individual 
investor. The most desirable fields of enterprise are also occu- 
pied, and to force an entrance requires a capital and a patronage 
that the average man does not possess. 

On the other hand, the advantages offered at Olympia, and 
vicinity, are superior in many respects — superior, in fact, to 
those offered elsewhere even in this prosperous and potent sec- 
tion of our great west, and for that reason we are pleased to set 
before you the facts as they exist, faithfully, and, as we believe, 
conservatively, hoping thereby to put you in touch with the 
time and place in which golden opportunities surely await your 
coming. 

With cordial good will to you, our readers, we send greet- 
ing, with a pressixig invitation to join us in bringing to full 
realization our recently adopted motto : 'Tif ty Thousand Peo- 
ple for Olympia in Five Years.' 

To all Eastern people who intend visiting the Lewis and 
Clark Fair at Portland the present season, we extend a most 
cordial and pressing invitation to visit Olympia en-route — -^oing 
or coming — and permit us to show you some of the marvelous 
resources about this city. 

THE OLYMPIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



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The Cascade range of nioriiuains divides tiie state into t'v^o 
alniQst equal parts which are generally known as Eastern and 
Western Washington. These portions of the state differ so 
widely from each other, in almost every particular, that they 
have practically nothing in common. What we may say, there- 
fore, in this pamphlet, relative to the western part will not apply 
to the other division, and it is our purpose to write only con- 
cerning 

WESTERX WASHIXGTOX. 

This portion of the state is again divided by the Olympic, 
or the so-called '^Coast Eange" of Mountains, which extends 
from north to south along the western part of the state, thus 
sub-dividing the western half into two parts generally known 
as *'The Puget Sound Valley," and ^'The Pacific Ocean Coun- 
try.'' And now, as Olympia is located in the Puget Sound 
Valley, it is our further purpose to confine this description to 
this locality. It will pay you to procure a map of sufficient 
size to show the sub-divisions of the Puget Sound Valley and 
follow^ the description with a study of it. 



PUGET SOUXD. 

We wish to admit in the very outset that it is utterly impos- 
sible for us to describe the wonders, both of utility and beauty, 
which characterize Puget Sound and the Puget Sound Valley, 
with sufficient strength and color to create in any mind a pic- 
ture equal to the reality. We think it is safe to say, of the 
Sound itself, that of the millions who have seen it, ridden upon 



its surface, marveled at its utilities, rejoiced in its beauties, and 
longed for a home upon its shores, not one can be found who 
would dispute the statement that it is the most charming and 
useful water in America. The Olympic Mountains, which, as 
we have noted, extend along the Pacific coast, forming the 
western boundary of the Puget Sound Valley, suddenly and 
abruptly divide near the northern limit of the state, and 
through the opening thus created admit the waters of Puget 
Sound. It hardly requires a scientist to reach the conclusion 
that, sometime in the distant past, a mighty upheaval in the 
very midst of the ocean threw up the Olympics, and separated 
Puget Sound from its parent waters. More recently, perhaps, 
the imprisoned waters, struggling for freedom within, and the 
enraged ocean beating against their prison walls without, made 
the opening which now connects Puget Sound with the ocean, 
and is known as the strait of Juan de Puca. In harmony with 
such a theory, immediately after passing the broken-down walls 
of the Olympics, the trend of the sound is north and south, and 
parallel to the coast. We now invite you to consider the protec- 
tion furnished by that formation. The Cascade mountains, 
like the giants that they are, stand marshaled at our eastern 
gates and refuse admittance to Aeolus and his storms; while 
those that escape old Neptune, and breaking away from his 
kingdom on the Pacific, try to cross the Olympics, are as suc- 
cuessfully defeated, beaten back, and left to perish in the ocean. 
Turn again to your map and note the formation of the 
Sound itself. It is composed, as you may notice, of a nuilti- 
tude of small bays and inlets, narrow straits and winding water 
courses, which penetrate all parts of the valley, and divide the 
land into small islands and narrow peninsulas almost without 
number. So great, indeed, are these ramifications that while 
the extent of Puget Sound is only about one hundred and fifty 
miles north and south, it offers to commerce more than eighteen 
hundred miles of shore line, fronting upon deep, salt water, and 
suitable for dockage purposes ; while the marvel of it all is, 
that over every foot of its winding pathway the largest ocean 
steamer, loaded to its water line, can float with perfect safety. 



As to the harbor facilities of Puget Sound it has been stated 
by competent authority, that it is the only protected water in 
the world capable of accommodating all the navies in existence 
with sufficient room, anchorage, and protection from the ele- 
ments, so that they might assemble for a grand and united 
tournament in one place. 

Where, then, we ask, can be found another inland sea like 
Puget Sound ? Where can be found a more royal highway to 
the ocean, and to all the world ? Where, again, can be found 
another such harbor to which destructive storms can gain no 
passport ? 

ITS BEAUTY. 

Puget Sound is as much the wonder of the world because 
of its gentle beauty, as it is for its utility ; and the very charac- 
teristics which combine to make the one, constitute the other. 
Its freedom from winds and storms gives it a gentleness and 
peacefulnefs which all admire. Its ever changing trend, and 
always varying dimensions, winding as it does among the many 
islands, rounding bold headlands, plunging, now, through the cen- 
ter of the valley, then, skirting close along under the overhanging 
hills, narrowing at times to the dimensions of a river, then 
suddenly widening into an open center from which diverge a 
number of small bays, drive away the monotony which so often 
characterizes other waters, and add a charm which nowhere 
finds a rival. 

But the beauty of Puget Sound cannot, with justice, be 
considered apart from its inspiring surroundings. Fringing 
every bay^ and covering the hilltops, painting their imagss in the 
crystal waters, are dark, evergreen forests which have no equal 
elsewhere on this continent; while from the very water's edge, 
thus wrapped in sable robes — 

A scene no painter's brush can trace — 

Hills rest on hills, and form the base 

For lofty ]x^aks Avhich seem to try 

To hide their summits in the sky. • 



In that particular Puget Sound is nature itself fashioned 
into a great picture, which must, therefore, surpass all art, and 
set about witli a frame of corresponding excellence in which 
the inner moulding of tree-covered hills forms an easy approach, 
blending contrast into harmony between the picture itself Jini 
the outer frame of rugged mountain ranges, with a litness and 
perfection Avith the w^irkmanship of the Almighty hand only 
could accomplish ; while at the angles, like so many messengers 
of promise, stand the four great snow-covered domes, Mt. 
Rainier, Mt. Olympus, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Baker, looking 
down from commanding heights upon the lesser mountains, 
upon the hills, upon the picture, and upon the valley with its 
active life, and ever increasing enterprise. 



A SEAPOKT. 



After what has been said about Puget Sound as a harbor 
and a highway to the ocean, and noting the fact that it lies im- 
mediately across the great belt-li]ies of commerce wliich sur- 
round the globe, it would seem hardly necessary to add that it 
is fast becoming the most important shipping center within 
the limits of this coiuitry. In the matter of Oriental trade it 
already ranks second in the United States, being surpassed by 
I^ew York only. In total commerce Puget Sound ranks fifth 
in the entire nation, being surpassed only by Xew York, Boston, 
Philadel23hia and Xew Orleans, having supplanted Baltimore 
in her position of fifth greatest jxtrt. During 1901 the Sound's 
commerce exceeded that of Baltimore by more than 50,000 
tons. When we realize that commerce on the Sound had its 
birth only 15 years ago, this gigantic development becomes the 
most marvelous phase of American enterprise. In all proba- 
bility, the world cannot furnish a parallel to the commercial 
development on Puget Sound during the last decade. 

One feature that will lead to still more rapid development 
in the future is the establishment of the Great Northern Steam 
Ship Co.'s liije of steamers. The vessels now under construction 

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for this companv ^vill make the greatest freight carrying deet 
in existence. The Minnesota, the pioneer ship of the line, has 
jnst heen pnt into commission and left the Sonnd for the Orient 
on her maiden trip January 2ord with the largest single cargo 
of freight ever carried across the seas, viz, over 26,000 tons; 
also over 300 passengers. To better grasp the gigantic propor- 
tions of this cargo of freight, let us suppose it loaded into 
freight cars — an average of 10 tons to the car — and coupled 
into a single train, the result would show the engine and caboose 
to be separated by 19% miles. The Minnesota will soon be 
followed by her sister ship the Dakota, and these by others of 
the same clats — all the largest freight carriers ever constructed. 
Tnis line of vessels will be able to largely reduce present freight 
rc»tc& between Puget Sound and the Orient, thus adding a 
great impetus to the already swelling tide of commerce center- 
ing here, and speeding the day when the unrivaled harbor con- 
ditions at Olympia will become A ^N^ECESSITY in handling 
such commerce. 

Xo one who studies the great world-movements can doubt 
that Puget Sound must become a shipping center for more peo- 
ple and greater volume of trade than any other single port 
of our entire seaboard. That fact alone should and will 
induce millions of people to seek their fortunes in the Puget 
Sound Valley. 

A further glance at the 17. S. Government reports for the 
first ten months during 1901 relative to the foreign shipping 
from California, Oregon and Washington will disclose the sig- 
nificant fact that the gross tonnage shipped from Puget Sound 
.exceeds that of both California and Oregon combined, by 229,- 
468 tons. The totals given in tons are as follows : California, 
809,067; Oregon, 131,651; Puget Sound, 1,170,186. Eemem- 
ber tlio&e are figures taken from the U. S. Government rejwrts, 
and are both absolutely impartial and strictly correct. 

Eemember also that Washington is but in its infancy and 
is already far in the lead. We are reminded of what Senator 
Hoar once said in an address before the Massachusetts 
Club after visiting this sectiun of the country: • '^It is impossi- 



ble to foretell the greatness of tliat section of our great west 
known as the Puget Sound Valley. There, will be enacted 
over again on a larger scale what we and our forefathers have 
enaTStes^here. There, will speedily arise cities the easy rival of 
any on this continent. There, will be the streets of a more 
populous Xew York, the workshops of a more busy Worcester, 
the halls of a more learned Harvard, and the homes of a more 
cultured Boston." 

XATUEAL RESOUECES. 

The natural resources in the Puget Sound country are both 
varied and abundant; so much so, indeed, that they have ex- 
cited the wonder and admiration of commercial men and manu- 
facturers everywhere. In a recent issue, one of the leading 
publications of the country cited the fact that it had been the 
boast of Americans that they could live independent of all 
other nations because they possess in natural wealth all that 
is required for the development of the highest life, enterprise 
and happiness. "If that is so,'' continued the publication, "it 
is equally true of the State of Washington, because it possesses 
the natural wealth of a continent, both in variety and abund- 
ance, together with every convenience for utilizing it." 



TIMBER. 

The timber of the Puget Sound Valley is quite sufficient in 
itself to excite the ambition of every enterprising man in 
America. According to the partial returns from the United 
States cruisers, the stumpage has been variously estimated from 
three hundred to four hundred billion feet. If the smaller 
esti nate is the correct one, Puget Sound has sufficient timber 
to luild a ten-room house for every family in the United States. 
Millions of acres of magnificent forest still remain untouched, 
waiting to bestow their wealth upon the next generation of 

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MI^^ERALS. 

The mineral wealth of Washington is quite eqiu\l to its 
timber, and ofi'cr^- inducements fully as great both to capital 
and labor. Coal and iron measures, as extensive and as rich 
as are those in Pennsylvania, Ohio or Michigan, are being 
located in all parts of the state, and enough has been already 
discovered to enrich an empire. It is needless for us to nam-? 
in detail the minerals of Washington, for the facts would not 
justify us in omitting a single one. Using only the products 
from this state, we might, upon a foundation of the finest 
building stone, construct a tower that would represent every 



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mineral known to the chemist, and cap it with the brightest 
gold. 

AGKICULTUKE. 

To the timber and mineral wealth of Washington we must 
add its farming lands. The entire Puget Sound Valley is 
valuable for agricultural purj^oses, fruit growing, or grazing. 
The river bottoms or flat lands immediately contiguous to the 
rivers, being composed of a deep, rich loam, are exceedingly 
productive. The so-called ^'up-lands" by which is meant the 
general level of the valley, are even more valuable, because they 
are suitable for more purposes, especially for fruit growing, 
and are equally productive. Then we have the open prairie and 
the hill country that afford excellent grazing. Stock growing 
is already becoming a leading industry, and is destined to occupy 
a large place in the wealth of the state. Fruit culture is also 
an important feature, and is rapidly on the increase. Situated 
as is Washington, immediately adjacent to an almost boundless 
stretch of country, amounting to well-nigh one-half of this 
continent over which fruit growing is not possible, it certainly 
would appear that the fruit growers of Washington are highly 
favored. And, indeed, it is so; for nature has furnished to 
them both climate and soil suitable to their occupations, and 
withheld the same condition from their nearest neighbors. 



THE PRODUCTS OP THE S0U:N'D. 



The waters of Puget Sound are literally teeming with 
food fishes. From that source alone the income of the state 
already amounts to millions of dollars annually, and is steadily 
increasing. More than fifty varieties are caught for commer- 
cial purposes m the waters of the Sound. Shell fish of various 
kinds aiv a:so fo.md there in abundance, and especially clams 
and ojsters. During the past few years oyster culture has 

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increased so rapidly that it has really created an excitement, 
arid iiiay be best described as an ''Oyster Boom." 




Oyster Culture Near Olympia, Wash. 



KESOUECES u:ndeveloped 



The advantages which Washington olfers are available to 
all who come to the state in quest of them, because the natural 
resources are undeveloped, and, indeed, large sections of the 
state yet unexplored, and practically unknown. More than 
a million acres of the finest forest in America, are still in the 
hands of the general government, waiting the call of its citizens. 
All kinds of minerals advertise their presence in rich abund- 
ance, and to obtain them requires only a little persistent eft'ort 
in prospecting, staking and working out the annual assessments. 

We frequently hear it said by young men in the east and 
middle west that they have no such opportunities as their 

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A Thurston County Stick. 



fathers had, who came into that |>ai't of the country when it 
was new, and in many cases took np from the government what 
has become valuable property. To all such young men let u? 
saj,your fathers never had the golden opportunities that Wash- 
ington at this moment is offering to you. Your fathers had 
both to cut and fight their way into their new possessions, and 
into what you are pleased to call ^'great opportunities ;" but on 
the other hand, you can ride into greater opportunities, com- 
fortably ensconced in a parlor car, lighted with electricity, and 
furnished with every convenience of a home on wheels. To 
be sure such advantages do not come to you, like your bird-dog, 
and leap upon you, eager for the hunt ; but, they patiently wait 
your coming, and stubbornly refuse their treasures to the man 
who lacks the enterprise to hunt for them. If you prefer to 
pay a small price for land, better located, rather than experi- 
ence the inconveniences of a settlement upon free government 
lands, you can find most excellent opportunities in Thurston 
County. First class unimproved grazing lands, timber or prai- 
rie, or both, can be had from five to ten dollars per acre. Nearer 
the cities excellent fruit lands, in large or small tracts, fronting 
upon the Sound, can be had, now", from ten to tAventy-five dollars 
j)er acre ; and ten acres will make a good home, and produce 
a living income for an average family. In the very vicinity 
of the cities, and in locations sufficiently attractive to satisfy 
the ambition of kings and princes, such home-sites can be had 
at prices within the reach of every laboring man. 



FACTOEIES WAXTED. 



Again, the abundant resources of Washington, their new 
and undeveloped condition, and the rapidly increasing popula- 
tion, are every day creating a demand for ncAV enterprises. You 
can hardly find a prosperous factory in the east which could 
not have its counterpart in the Avest ;■ and even Avhere an excei> 
I'i' ii can be found it can remain so only for a limited Lin:e. 



Every incoming train brings into tlie state new people, who, 
in turn, create a demand for more factories and larger output. 
All lines of commercial activity are steadily^ and surely, on 
the increase, thus making new openings for the superniuner- 
aries of the over-crowded east. 



CLIMATE. 



The advantages that Washington offers in the acquisition 
of honest wealth, are not, in the judgment of the most reliable, 
ilt greatest attractions. It has a climate which bestows on 
those who dwaii unaer its influence, health, comfort and long 
life more generously than that of any other locality between 
our two oceans; and A^hat the climate is pleased to bestow, 
wealth cannot purchase. 

It is a common thing, throughout the eastern and middle 
states, to hear people speak disparagingly of the winter's cold, 
and the summer's heat. In every community may be found 
people wiicse health is surely and steadily yielding to the 
trip-hammer blows of great extremes in temperature. In the 
Puget Soimd Valley such extremes are unknown, and their 
disastrous efj'ects never experienced. Xo sultry nights rob the 
citizens of this ^ocality of needed sleep, or steal away their 
ambition for tomorrow's toil. 

Xo terror chills the timid heart. 
Created by the lightning's flash, 
Xo fear provokes the nervous start. 
Excited by the thunder's crash. 

The cyclone with its sullen roar. 
Prescribing death for whom it wills, 
Is doomed by nature nevermore 
To pass the sunmiit of otir hills. 



With minds at rest, and bodies free 
From great extremes of heat or cold, 
And savage storms, as all will be 
"^Vho seek the shelter of our fold. 

AVhy should our exliortations fail 
With comfort, wealth, long life and rest. 
To millions offered, who bewail 
Their present lot, and crave the west? 



PUGET SOUXD THE SUMMER PLAYGROUND OP 
THE NATIOX. 



Those with wide acquaintance concerning climatic condi- 
tions of the various states of the Union, ^vill endorse our pre- 
diction that, in the near future, this wondrous region between 
the snow lines of the Olympics and the Cascades will become 
the most popular sunnuer resort in America. 

Its scenic beauty, its wondrous utility, its marvelous fruit 
productions, its balmy air — laden with balsam from the forest 
and ozone from the sea — will make it the Mecca of the tired- 
out, overworked, nervous millions produced by our intense com- 
mercial life, while its opportunities for sport with rod and 
gun will make it as attractive to thousands more. Olympia 
will be the center of this new development — predestined by 
nature to be so. The reasons for this will require a separate 
t'olumc for their pro|)er statement 



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OLYMPIA. 



Whatever has been said, or may be said, in favor of the 
Puget Sound Valley in gentral, may be repeated with special 
emphasis concerning Olympia, and Thurston County. In the 
matter of timber Olympia is in the very midst of the most and 
best of it. More logs are put into the water immediately tribu- 
tary to Olympia than at any other two points on Puget Sound. 




Fourth Street, Olympia, Looking East From Main. 



The resources thus supplied are sufficient in themselves to 
build a city of large proportions, and in many respects Olym- 
pia has a decided advantage over the other cities now building 
on the Sound. These advantages are so marked, and at the 
r,ame time so important that w-e could not do our readers justice 



without naming them in detai 



, and to some considerable extent. 
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ITS HARBOR FACILITIES. 



While Piiget Sound, as compared with other shipping dis- 
tricts, is a good harbor from one end to the other, Olympia en- 
joys the proud distinction of having the only site, in the entire 
northwest, where a city such as Xew York could find, within 
a convenient area, all the necessary accommodations for its 
maritime business. 

We invite our readers to examine the inclosed map and 
notice the remarkable fact that within a radius of only six 
miles, with Olympia as a center, may be had nearly twice the 
harbor and dockage facilities that '^Greater Xew York" is today 
requiring. 

Such a city builded upon the area mentioned would have 
ijve royal waterways leading to its very center, and into which 
the largest ocean steamers, loaded to the water line, could pass 
A\ith careless ease and perfect safety. 

The map referred to is a section, twelve miles square, copie I 
froi" the oiiicial chart made by the United States in connection 
wiih the geodetic survey of Puget Sound, and both the clip it 
and the final report of the survey are matters of record in the 
jTovernment cfl"ice at Washington, and may be had for the a>l- 

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Tiii^ chief engineer, in his report of these remarkable water- 
ways called attention to the fact that the map of the world does 
not show another site, having all the natural acconnnodations 
for a great commercial city, the equal to that of Olympia aiid 
its immediate vicinity. We repeat his observation and invite 
our readci's to verify its correctness by the most rigid investi 
gat ion. 

We further state that when the time comes, and it surely 
will come, and that right early, in the history of the Puget 
Sound country, that such accommodations are needed for a 
great city, Olympia with its many bays, and most excel- 
lent and abundant land area, offers ABSOLUTELY THE 
O^^LY AVAILABLIi SITE. 

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Heretofore, and to some extent even noAV, all the efforte 
pnt forth in the building of cities on Puget Sound have been 
characterized by individual speculations, for the time and occa- 
sion, taking advantage of some temporary "boom," with buo 
little thought of a great city or its needs. A city with a million 




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Map Showing Harbor Possibilities, in Area Twelve Miles 
Square, AboutOlympia, Wash. 

or more people has not been thought of in any of the plans or 
calculations of city builders on Puget Sound. 

But that such a city will be built, and that, too, in the near 
future, on this ''Inland Sea," is now a settled conviction in the 
minds of all great commercial men, and their public statements 
have been repeatedly made in confirmation of it. 

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In the mind of the average man who talks about this or 
that location, the necessary accommodations for a commercial 
seaport are a few hundred feet of dockage, one or two railroad 
tracks and a convenient area of available land upon which a 
few thousand people may be comfortably located. 

Again, the average man thinks of a harbor as almost any 
kind of a deep hole where an ocean steamer can float, and the 
deeper the hole the louder and more prolonged will be his 
praise of it. The people of the Puget Sound country have 




Main Street, Olympia, Looking North From Seventh. 



heard so much of such ignorant praise that it has become tire- 
some. 

Few people seem to realize that good anchorage is quite as 
necessary as the water in which to float the vessels. A harbor 
too deep for good anchorage is less desirable for the needs of 
a great city than water too shallow; for a shallow channel may 
be dredgeci, i\n<[ indeed many of the best harbors of the world 
are so made, but the other defect ib almost irreparable. 

Budd's Inlet, at the head of which Olympia is located, and 
the other bays shown upon the map, have an average depth of 

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forty feet. The floor of these bays is uniform and remarkably 
even, which fact causes a corresponding unanimity and even- 
ness in the water depths. 

The floor, almost without exception, shelves off into deep 
Avater with such gradual though with increasing abruptness that 
within two hundred feet form the high water line a perfect 
foundation at deep water may be had for any kind of dock con- 
struction desired. 'No intelligent man of couunerce will ignore 
that condition in his plans for a great city . 

Once more we invite our readers to procure a map of Puger 
Sound and notice the perfect protection from storms enjoyed 
by Olynipia and its adjoining waters in contrast with the open 
harbors in other localities, l^o storm has ever visited Puget 
Sound that endangered shipping in the least degree, at Olympia. 

ISToting all these facts together with the certainty that a great 
commercial city will soon be demanded somewhere on these 
waters, we can point out its location with the unerring hand of 
destiny. 

THURSTON COUNTY. 

Thurston County contains 700 square miles of territory ; has 
nearly 100 miles of water line on the Sound; is traversed by 
three rivers, and contains many deep fresh water lakes well 
stocked with food fishes. It contains a variety of soils, shot 
clay predominating. It is especially adapted to dairying and 
fruit raising, but will grow every kind of grain or grass. 

COAL. 

Thurston County contains some of the largest and richest 
e€>al measures of the state. Directly connected with Ol^inpia by 
rail, and only a few miles from it, are extensive mines which 
supply not only Olympia and other cities of the Sound, to a 
considerable extent, but also the states south and east of Wash- 
ington. Large areas of coal are yet undeveloped and in many 

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cases improspected. Enough, however, is known to guarantee a 
sufficient supply for the most hopeful development, during 
many years to come. 

BUILDII^G ST0:N^E. 



Thurston County can also boast of having an almost unlim- 
ited supply of building stone. Erom the quarries near Olympia 
are shipped millions of tons, not only into parts of Wash- 
ington, but into other states as well. It is estimated that the 
sandstone ledges at Tenino, and between there and Olympia, 
Avhich produce unquestionably the finest building stone in tha 
northwest, are sufficient in area and volume to supply the entire 
state during the lifetime of its youngest citizens, and doubtless 
for many years thereafter. 

CLAYS. 



About ''>lympia are also found some of the very finest com- 
mercial clays known to the trade, which, on account of both 
their quantity and quality add much to the material wealth of 
Thurston County. These clays, abundant in extent, and easily 
accessible, have been thoroughly tested and found superior for 
building purposes, paving bricks and pottery. 



Mi:^iEKAL PAI^TT. 



Recent investigation has discovered and tested at least two 
mines of mineral paint. One of these mines is wholly undevel- 
oped, but has been prospected sufficiently to warrant the state- 
ment that it is both rich and abundant. The other has been 
worked to a slight extent, and its owners have every encourage- 
ment to believe that it will prove valuable and lasting. 

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PEODUCTS OF THE SEA. 

Oljmpia is headquarters on the Sound for clams, oysters 
and other shell fish. The trade in these products is rapidly 
increasing, and even in its infancy brings to us a large amount 
of money annually. The famous Puget Sound salmon, halibut, 
cod, bass, smelt, herring, sardines and a score of other food 
iishes are sufficient in these waters to supply the whole country. 
Olympia has the lowest death rate of any city in the United 
States, being only 6 to every 1,000 population. 

Olympia's mean monthly temperature for the past 24 years, 
according to the United States Weather Bureau reports, is as 
follows : 

Deg. 

January 38.3 

February 39.9 

March 44.2 

April 48.6 

May 54.Y 

June 58.9 

July 62.5 

August 62.6 

September 56.5 

October ., ..50.1 

^NTovember 43.9 

December 40.9 

Winters are moist and mild. Summers dry and cool. An- 
nual rainfall, 52 inches. 

Olympia has no severe storms by land or sea, being complete- 
ly protected by mountains east and west. 

Olympia has the highest tide of the American coast ; extreme 
limit, 22 feet. This will soon be harnessed and will furnish 
unlimited power for industrial development. 

Olympia has regular lines of steamers connecting with all 
cities on the Sound, making six sailings each 24 hours. 

Olympia has regular steamer connections with San Fran- 
cisco. 

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tJlvTiipia annually markets about 370,000,000 feet of logs. 
The iribiitary supply will last for fifty years. 

Olympia is destined to be the greatest lumber center on the 
Pacific Coast. 

Olympia now offers the best opening on Puget Sound for 
saw mills, shingle mills, flour mills, rope and twine mills, fur- 
niture factories, canning factories, carriage and wagon factories, 
engine and boiler works, blast furnaces, shipyards, pump works^ 
commission business in dairy products, fruits and vegetables ; 
and for woolen mills, clothing factories, boot and shoe factories, 
glass factories and every other line of goods used on the Pacific 
Coast or in the Orient. 

When the Northern Pacific was seeking its terminal location 
on Puiiet Svound, it employed the best engineers in the Ln-ted 
States and spent over a year in a thorough investigation of all 
Puget Sound harbors. The report was unanimous in favor of 
Olympia as the great entrepot for Pacific commerce. The 
Northern Pacific accordingly located its terminals here, but 
before construction reached tide water, the Puget Sound and 
Lake Superior Land Co., organized by a clique of Northern 
Pacific stockholders induced the company to relocate its termin- 
als on Commencement Bay. Hence Tacoma. This was a good 
move for the stockholders who composed "the wheel within the 
wheel,' as they made millions from Tacoma real estate — but it 
was a very bad thing for the Northern Pacific Railroad, as it 
got a receiver for its share in the perfidy. Since those early 
movements the Northern Pacific has built the Gray's Harbor 
branch through Olympia. Within the last two years it has 
bought immense tracts oi tide lands at Olympia for terminals 
and has located a water level line from Tacoma to this point — 
expecting to tap tlie main line at or near Tenino With the 
completion of this line and the line dov/n the north banlr of the 
Columbia, all eastern trafl^ic via The Northern Pacific and 
Burlington routes will reach tide water at Olympia. The in- 
fluence thus exerted upon the future growth of the Capital City 



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CAA" XOT BE OVEE-ESTIMATED. 



The completion of The Black Hills & Northwestern and 
The Port Townsend Southern Railroads will turn the products 
of the entire Olympic peninsula, with its boundless resources 
of timber Dud mineral, into the lap of Olympia. 

E. H. Ilairiman, President of the Southern Pacific, Union 
Pacific and Oregon Short Line, has recently stated that he will 
soon build to the Sound to obtain a deep water outlet for his 
system of railroads. The Union Pacific graded its line to 
Olympia in 1890 and has ever since paid taxes on the same. 
There is no doubt that this same line will be used, thus bring- 
ing all three of these roads to Olympia. 



OLYMPIA AS A HOME CITY. 



Olympia possesses many attractions, and utilities, that make 
it especially desirable as a home city, and any person seeking 
a location wull do well to consider them. 



CHURCHES, erater:n^ities, schools A:^rD 

COLLEGES. 



Socially, educationally, and morally Olympia stands in the 
front rank. All the leading religious denominations maintain 
churches here. The fraternal orders are prosperous. She has 
the independent Christian College called ^^The Peoples Uni- 
versity," tw^o Catholic colleges — one for boys and the other for 
girls. The public schools are in excellent condition, well equip- 
ped with buildings and furnishings, well attended, well man- 
aged and well taught. 



THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE. 

While we do not claim that the Capital makes it at all 
certain that Olympia will be a large city, it does make it a sub- 
stantial city, and insures safety to investments both in real 
estate and in business. We are also glad that our faith in 
Olympiads greatness does not depend upon its official character. 
We have already recited abundant reasons for such greatness, 
and they are reasons that no commercial man can doubt, luit 
with all that, and in addition to all the other reasons, the fact 
that Olympia is the capital of a great state is a very forcible 
.,Tgument in favor of its coming greatness. It also imparts to 
it a social character which no homeseeker can prudently ignore. 
A recent publication has the following to say of Olympia in 
that respect: 

^^'The people of Olympia, through their social characteris- 
tics, have gained ji proud reputation. Their praises are recited 
by almost every publication in the state." A Spokane paper 
at the close of the capital location contest, said, "The state owes 
the permanent location of iis capital, at Olympia, to the match- 
less social power of the Olympia people." 

A state senator responding to a toast, at one of our recent 
state banquets, said, "'No senator, representative or private citi- 
zen, who once shares the hospitality of Olympia, or meets her 
people in a social function can ever after lift his voice, vote or 
hand against that city or its greatest good." It is decidedly a 
city of homes, a city of fraternal societies, a city of churches, 
and a city of good cheer for all who dwell here." l^evertheless, 
the people of Olympia regard the location of the Capital here 
ef very minor importance, as compared ivith the great commer- 
cial and industrial development sure to center at the head of 
the Sound, thus mahing this one of the greatest commercial 
cities on the globe. 

Olympia extends a royal welcome to the thousands between 
the Eocky Mountains and the Atlantic seaboard who desire to 
exchange the rigorous winter of the polar regions and the tropi- 
cal heat of the summers for the most equable climate in Ameri- 

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ca, where blankets are used in August and green frnit and 
vegetables gathered in Jannary. 

ITS BEAUTY. 

Olympia has always been called -Beautiful.'' When almost 
the entire country, and, especially, the valley of Puget Sound, 
was in a kind of dormant state, Olympia w^as called ''The Sleep- 
ing Beauty." The nickname given her at that time indicates 
at least one advantage she had over her sister cities — all were 
T^leeping, but Olympia was still ''Beautiful." 

To an eastern man, accustomed to seeing paved streets, 
brick and stone houses, with costly architectural display, cement 
walks and carefully cultivated lawns any of our western cities 
might appear, in a measure, crude and unattractive. They all 
laclv the artificial adornment which comes with age, and a 
settled condition of things, but which surely will be, in full 
rcjilizai.ion^ the inheritance of the west. 

AVo b;v no means wish to convey the idea that such attrac- 
tions are wholly wanting in Olympia, and elsewhere throughout 
the Sotnd country; for, on the contrary, they are already very 
much in evidence, and are steadily increasing. 

The beauty Ave claim for Olympia, however, is superior 
to the handiwork of man. She is like Mount Zion, ''Beautiful 
for SiKu:tion.'' Around her are the "everlasting hills," and 
into her very center ebb and flow the peaceful waters of the 
Sound. 

Olympia is builded around the head of "Budd's Inlet,'" 
which IS the southern extremity of Puget Sound. The land 
rises evenly from the bay, terminating the slope in a level table- 
land about one hundred to one hundred and fifty feet above 
the tides. The sloping hillsides, occupied by homes, small or- 
chard groves and garden patches, form an amphitheater; while 
the briy with its rising and falling tides, its commercial life, and 
pleasure seeking community, constitutes the arena. Thus situ- 
ated, all parts of the city are brought into view from the other 
parts, and from the bay. 



Wq look forward, with prophetic vision, to the time whftD 
the entire water front on both sides of Budd's Inlet will be 
lined Avitli mills, shops, factories and commercial doclis; when 
the bay will harbor constantly an ever changing fleet of ships, 
domc&tic and foreign, merchant vessels and passenger steamers, 
e.^ceedirg by thousands the present nmnber; when also the 
character, kind and number of the pleasure yachts will, in a 
measure at least, be commensurate with the extraordinary ad- 
vantages afforded upon these waters; but most of all, we look 
forward to the time when the sloping hillsides for miles in 
extent will be occupied by fine residences, and beautiful lawns, 
when electric lights will set the whole '"amphitheater" aglow by 
night, and create a picture for passengers, as they enter 
the '''arena," which has no equal in America. 

Concerning this prophecy one thing is certain, the word 
^'impossible" can never be truthfully written under it. Olym- 
pia in situation, location and surroundings has all the natural 
advantages for such a city and such a picture — both the utili- 
ties and the attractions. 



sce:n^ery. 



Because of the sublime beauty of the surrounding scenery, 
Oljmipia has been called ''The City of the Gods." Proud 
"Olympus,'' exceeding in grandeur its classic namesake of the 
East, stands over against the sky line to the north, and protects 
the valley and city from invading storms. 

Still dearer to the heart of every citizen of Olympia, more 
inspiring, and the pride of all the west, is grand old "Rainier." 
Far above the valley and the growing city; far above the 
Sound and its commercial life ; far above the dark forests and 
the timbered hills, far, in fact, above the rugged mountain 
ranges, the lesser peaks, and their covering of clouds, nearly 
fifteen thousand feet above the level of the sea, towers that in- 
spiring dome, forever crowned the king, supreme, of all the 
noble mountains in America. Up and down the coast, located 

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here and there, between the burning tropics and the frozen 
north, stand lower peaks, like subjects, respectfully obedient to 
their fondly cherished and proudly acknowledged monarch. 
That mountain with its matchless power to charm, encourage 
and inspire, belongs, in a very precious sense, to the people of 
Puget Sound Valley. They, alone, standing at the very sea 
level, can look upon its noble form, and feel the stirring force of 
its commanding presence. 

Moreover, in that respect, the people of Olympia are es- 
pecially favored, even beyond their fortunate neighbors. From 
the west side of Budd's Inlet is afforded the most complete and 
charming view of that old mountain, with its trident summit, 
its coverini?: of snow, and its rivers of ice, that can be had in iiT 
the ic'\ored land of its dominion. 

From the same vantage ground, looking northward, we may 
be'iold ilic rugged sides and snowy crests of the 01ymj)ics, ap- 
pearing loi &li the world like the mad waves of a stormy sea, 
frozen into icebergs while they still foamed and raged in fran- 
tic fury above the breakers. 

.Froiu Lue same point of inspiration can be seen the entire 
Casea<le Pange, extending from Mt. Rainier to Mt. Houd in 
Oregon, including a panorama 200 miles in extent. 

Another picture, quite as attractive, more restful, and wkh 
a sobci, quieting inspiration, beneficial to every observer, Is 
<jbfiiin6d by looking westward, across ^'Eld Inlet" to the '"Black 
Hills." They form a low range of mountains covered with a 
dark evergreen forest, which afford a pleasing contrast with 
the rugged, snow-covered peaks in the other ranges. 

Having, thus, the Cascades on the east, the Olympics on 
the north, and the Black Hills on the west, each possessing char- 
acteristics the complete complement of the others, wonderfully 
inspiring and to the appreciative soul, almost Divinely beau- 
tiful- -contrasting and blending with one another into a well- 
spring of happiness from which every inhabitant, with a noble 
purpose and pure heai-t, may draw true pleasure and be satisfied, 
we unhesitatingly count among the advantages of Olympia, as 
a home city her scenic surroundings. 

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PKODUCTS OF THE FAKM. 



Concerning the agricultural and horticultural resources of 
Thurston County, we proudly point to the fact that she was 
awarded a gold medal ior best and most complete cereal exhibit, 
consisting of over 170 varieties, at Philadelphia in ISTG; at 
Chicago in 1893 ; at Buffalo in lUOl, and in St. Louis in 1004. 

The rich ''Shot Clay'' loam of Thurston County, for all 
purposes of agriculture and horticulture, has no superior any- 
^\here, and no part of the great undeveloped West offers better 
inducements to the farmer. 

Olympia has free mail delivery, one electric street railway 
and a second one building, water works, sewer system, splendid 
hotels, thoroughly equipped paid fire department, modern opera 
house, fine public schools (three buildings costing over $100,- 
000) Catholic Academy and The Peoples University. 

Seventeen mills in and near Olympia cut 300,000 feet of 
lumber and 600,000 shingles per day. 

Olympia ships monthly 3,000,000 feet of lumber and 15,- 
000,000 shingles. Her lumber reaches every civilized country. 
She has recently loaded at her wharves the British ship Mozam- 
bique with a cargo of 2,100,000 feet of lumber — the largest 
cargo ever sent from Puget Sound. 

Olympia has extensive foundries and machine shops, lumber 
mills, shingle mills, wooden pipe works (largest in the United 
States) sash and door factories, a glove factory, creameries, a 
brewery, box factories, a fruit extract factory, sea food i actory, 
and other industries. Some of these enterprises are here men- 
tioned more in detail. 

THE OLYMPIA DOOR COMPANY. 

The business of the Olympia Door Company was established 
in 1887 by C. H. Springer and Allen White, under the firm 
name of Springer, White & Co. The present company, of which 
C. H. Springer is president, was incorporated in 1897. The 

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business lias had a steady growth from the beginning and has 
developed into one of the largest and most eonmplete concerns 
of its kind on the coast. 

• The plant consists of a fully equipped modern saw-mill and 
a large sash and door factory. It turns out every kind of limaber 
for construction work, as well as all classes of inside finish, 
tctgether with doors and sash. The product is shipped to all 
parts of the U. S. which draw supplies from Puget Sound. 



THE OLYMPIA lEOlN^ WORKS. 



Builders of and dealers in saw and shingle mill machinery, 
stationary, marine and portable engines and boilets. 

Mill repairing, boat work and steam fitting a specialty. 

Brass and iron castings furnished on short notie^. 

Mr. C. Z. Mason, proprietor of above works, has in a few 
years built from small beginnings a large establishment, doing 
a prosperous business. It is now one of the substantial concerns 
of the Capital City. 



PIONEER IROIS^ WORKS. 



Manufacturers of marine and stationary engines, mill ma- 
chinery, brass and iron castings, wrought iron work and steam 
fittings. 

The above industry owned and managed by S. G. Lister and 
H. S. Tremper, is one of the most complete and extensive estab- 
lishments of its kind on the coast. It employs fifty to sixty men 
and has a trade extending from the Columbia River to British 
Columbia, the Astoria, Ore., Iron Works being a large con- 
eonsumer of products from this Olympia plant. The lloquiiam 
Iron Works also depends upon the Pioneer for most of its heavy 
castings. However, the largest consumers of supplies froju the 

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Logging Engine, Built by Pioneer Iron Works, Olympia. 



shops of the Pioneer are in Seattle, where the Olympia concern 
does a very extensive business. 

'J'iie heavy engines and inacliinery built by this coucorn for 
htPLiuff and mill work have an enviable reputation. Their 
hoistiiig machinery for heavy stone-quarry work is regaraea 
as the bc&t. 



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IE DIMEIsSIOX SHINGLE COMPANY. 



H„ G. Pachardson established this business 10 years ago. He 
began in a small way and soon had a cut of 50 M shingles per 
day. The mJii has been enlarged until its daily capacity is 
now 250 M per day. The larger portion of the product of this 
mill is shipped to Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian Terri- 
tory and Texas. 

"^It frequently has orders for dimension shingles not obtain- 
able at other mUls, Mr. Kichardson being the patentee oi an 
ingenious machine for cutting dimension shingles. This mill, 
under the management of Mr. Kichardson, is regarded as one 
of the most successful in Western Washington. 



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KEYES SHIxVGLE C0MPA:NY. 

Mr. -F. P. Keyes lias been for several years a manufacturer 
of shingles in Whatcom County. In the fall of 1904 he moved 
to Olympia and bought the mill of The Capital City Shingle Co. 
His brother, F. A. Keyes, of Wisconsin, joined him in the 
Olympia enterprise and they l^ave now decided on improvements 
which will make this mill one of the best in the state. At pre- 
sent they cut 100 M shingles per day. The contemplated im- 
provements will enable them to buy their cedar in the log as 
well as in bolts. Mr. Keyes is thoroughly acquainted with all 
details of the shingle business and is enthusiastic about the 
future of llie business in Olympia. 



OLYMPIA CEDAE CO. 

This company, under the management of S. C. Mumby, is 
doing a very successful business. The average daily cut of the 
mill is 250 M shingles. The Olympia plant is closely identified 
with the Mumby Shingle Co., of Little Kock, in the southwest- 
ern part of Thurston County. The Little Rock mill has an out- 
put of 200 M shiiu f's j or Ci-av. 

These two concerns are in turn closely identified with the 
Mason i ounty L(»g^ing Co. (so called because first organized 
in Mason Co. The bulk of its business, however, is done in 
Olympia and Thurston Co). This company has four logging 
cainps in 'J'hur^ton (.'o. iwd rwns over 25 miles of railroad, two 
locomotives and 10 (ior.key -ngines. It employs 300 men and 
has a cbijy output of logs amounting to 300,000 feet. 

In addition to its logging operations for local consumption, 
it does a large business in ship spars, maintaining one camp 
in this olass of work. They ship spars as far east as Boston, 
JSTe vj.'jrt News also being a large consumer of spars from theJr 
camps. ]S"'o limber in the world equals the Washing"-,-* i fir for 
spars, consequently the ship yards of the earth are looking to 
Puget Sound for supplies. 



WEST SIDE MILL. 

This is the oldest established sawmill plant on Budd's Inlet. 
Built originally to cater to the local trade, its business has grad- 
ually increased both in volume and range until now the Com- 
pany's own vessels discharge their cargoes of rough and finished 
lumber in the ports of China, Australia, the Philippine Islands, 
and the West coast of South America. The California trade 
takes a large proportion of this company's output, while the 
firm enjoys a large and increasing Eastern business over the 
lines of the JSTorthern Pacific and Great Northern Eailroads. 
The equipment throughout is kept up to the latest standards 
of excellence and several carloads of the most modern machinery 
will be installed in the mill during the month of March. The 
daily output is 150,000 feet of sawn lumber, the manufacture 
and handling of which employs the services of 140 men at tlie 
plant. 



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WOOD PIPE IISTDUSTKY. 

The City of Olympia has been selected by the National 
Wood Pipe Company as the most suitable location for an addi- 
tional plant for the manufacture of Machine Banded Stave 
Pipe. This conclusion was reached after a thorough investiga- 
tion of various points in the northwest. The President of this 
company recognized this fact during a trip through this section 
in the Fall of 1904. IN'egotiations were promptly opened and 
concluded for the purchase of the plant of the Puget Sound Pipe 
Company on tide water at Olympia. This company has been 
manufacturing Bored Wooden Water Pipe, in sizes from 3 to 
13 inches, for pressure up to 400 feet, from selected fir logs, 
for the past 30 years, and some of this pipe which was first 
made is still in use in this vicinity. 

One very important factor in this pipe is the special pre- 
servative preparation with which it is coated, protecting not 
only the pipe but the bands with which it is wound, from the 
action of salt, acids or minerals. This pipe is made in lengths 
of 8 feet, and is connected by means of either steel or wood 
collars. 

A very large mileage of this pipe is now u"sed throughout 
the northwest, and the output and territory supplied is increas- 
ing constantly. 

Tlie National Wood Pipe Company has already established 
a very large business in Machine Banded Stave Pipe at their 
facie- ies located at Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 
and ^vill at once install additional machinery at the Olympia 
Plant for manufacturing their Patent Machine Banded Wood 
Slave Water Pipe. This pipe is made in sizes from 3 to IS 
inches, for pressure up to 400 feet. 

A business has been developed which covers the entire Paci- 
fic Coast and Mexico, and a number of large shipments have 
already been made of this Machine Banded Pipe to South 
Africa. With tlie superior advantages of the plant located at 
Olympia it is expected that this business will still continue to 

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increase in both output and territory. This industry will fur- 
nish employment directly to a very large force of men. 

In addition to the pipe described above, the National Wood 
Pipe Company also builds pipe in sizes from 18 inches to 10 
feet in diameter, under their patent known as Continuous Stave 
Pipe. In building this pipe the material is all shipped in 
Ivnock down form and built into pipe on the ground. The 
staves are milled so that when put together they form a perfect 
circle inside and out, and the ends of the staves are slotted and 
connected by means of an Oak Tongue, which makes a perfectly 
water tight joint. The great advantage of this Oak Tongue 
is in the fact that it is of the same substance as the staves and 
is not subject to the action of rust, salt or minerals. The staves 
are held in place by means of individual round steel bands bent 
to conform to the circumference of the pipe, and coated in hot 
asphaltum. 

As an illustration of this pipe, we produce herewith a view 
of a small section of a 48-inch pipe line 6 miles in length built 
by this company for the Washington & Oregon Power Company 
of Walla Walla, Washington. The demand for these large 
wood stave pipe lines is increasing rapidly, and this company 
states that they receive inquiries from Engineers all over the 
world. The development of this branch of the Wood Stave 
Pipe Industry means a great deal for Olympia, for the reason 
that no matter where the pipe line shall be built, the staves will 
be furnished from this City. The 48-inch pipe line built for 
theWashington & Oregon Power Company consumed 1,000,- 
000 feet of fir staves which were finished by The West Side 
Mill Company of Olympia. 

The Pacific Coast leads the world in electrical transmission 
development, and it now promises to put another feather in its 
cap in the development of the Wood Stave Pipe Industry, at 
Olympia, to proportions not dreamed of by the its most enthu- 
siastic friends a few years ago. 



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ANOTHEK NEW INDUSTRY FOR OLYMPIA. 
PACIFIC TANK COMPANY. 



For the past ten years the Pacific Tank ComiDany, with 
factories in San Francisco and Los Angeles, has controlled the 
tank business on the Pacific Coast. For several years its 
business in the northwest has grown to such an extent that two 
years ago they began looking for new locations, and the growing 
dc-/nand for Tanks manufactured of Washington fir induced 
them to come to Puget Sound. After thorough investigation, 
they have decided on Olympia as the most desirable location 
ill the northwest. They will at once erect here a large Tank 
Fi.clory equipped with the most modern machinery, with the 
intcnUon dI making the plant in Olympia the largest and most 
compi.de Tank Factory in the world. 

It is the purpose of the Pacific Tank Company to make 
Olympia the distributing point for their northwestern and 
eastern trade, also to handle all the export business from the 
Olympia factory where it is possible to make direct ocean 
shipments, thus giving their customers the advantage of mini- 
mum cost, which means low prices. 

The Pacific Tank Company manufactures all kinds of tanks, 
running in capacity from one thousand to five hundred thou- 
sand gallons. These tanks are being used for storage of water, 
oil, wine, and other liquids, and a special department of their 
enterprise is mining tanks and complete cyanide and mining 
plants. This company has manufactured the largest wooden 
tanks ever erected in the world. Not only one, but hundreds 
of these large tanks are standing as monuments to the enter- 
prise of a strictly western concern. While their operations 
heretofore have been confined to their California factories, it 
being a California- corporation, their trade in the northwest 
has been extensive, but on account of the freight rates on the 
raw material to their California factories, and freight back 
again to the northwestern distributing points, it has been neces- 
sary to absorb these additional expenses in the cost of the tanks 

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tu their customers, and with the new factory at Olympia they 
will be enabled to deliver tanks throughout the northwest and 
eri.-:t at much lower prices than ever before. 

The Pacific Coast leads the world in its quality and supply 
of lumber, and it is the intention of the Pacific Tank Company 
to lead the world in the manufacture of wooden tanks, and 
Olympia will be the center of this tremendous development. 
No words are needed from this Chamber, to impress upon the 
mind of the reader, the vast importance of this enterprise to 
the Capital City. 



THE OLYMPIA MNF'G &: BUILDIXG CO. 

The Olympia Maiufactu>'in£^ & Building Company, eapl- 
tilized rit $50,000.00 has just begun operations in this <uly. 
They are doing a large amount of building on the installment 
plan. The company is managed on a co-operative basis. Their 
finishing mill is now in operation — furnishing their own sup- 
plies. Their ultimate aim is to be able to take the logs from 
the water, put them through all the milling processes and into 
a finished house, turning over the key to a modern home built 
entirely within their own resources. The special field this 
concern has entered has not been heretofore occupied in Olym- 
pia, and surely a bright future is in store for this newest of our 
important industries. 

BUCKEYE EXTRACT CO. 



In the fall of 1902 the Olympia Development Co. received 
a communication from Yan-Scoy Chemical Co., of Mansfield, 
Ohio, asking about the opening in Olympia for manufacturing 
and jobbing flavoring extracts. The Olympia Development 
Company gathered what facts it could get bearing on the sub- 
ject, and submitted its report. The report fell into the hands 

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of J. B. Stentz, of Trov, Ohio, at that time in the employ of 
TheVan-Scoy Co. He at once decided to come to Olympia and 
take advantage of the opportunities described in the report of 
the Olympia Development Co. He arrived in February, 1903. 
He at once rented a place and began the manufacture of a 
complete line of flavoring extracts, toilet supplies and medicinal 
preparations. In one year he was convinced that the field was 
too large to handle by himself. He induced his brother, C. AV. 
Stentz, of Cleveland, Ohio, to come to Olympia and join him 
in the enterprise. During 1904 they erected a modern labor- 
atory and f actorty for their rapidly increasing trade, and their 
business already covers Washington and Oregon and is rapidly 
extending. 

In a few weeks they will add a full line of spices, baking 
powder, teas and coffees. In two years time they have laid the 
foundation of a great business and the superstruction is well 
under way. Hundreds of such opportunities are here awaiting 
men of energy. 



OLYMPIA BREWI^^G COMPANY. 



The business of this company was established by Mr. Leo- 
ix)ld F. Schmidt in 189(3 at the falls of the Des Chutes River, at 
the extreme head of Puget Sound just south of the city limits 
of Olympia. The artisian water found here led Mr. Schmidt 
to locate at this point. The analysis of this water shows it to be 
betler lor beer brewing than ariy other known in America. 

The concern has had a phenomenal growth. The produce 
is known and demanded from Mexico to Nome and all over the 
Pacific slope. Large shipments are also made to the Orienr. 
The output of the plant in 1897 was valued at $28,000.00, 
in 1898, $74,000.00; in 1899, $132,000.00; in 1900, 234,- 
000.00; in 1901, 270,000.00; in 1902, 370,000.00; in 1903, 
$413,000.00; in 1904, $500,000.00. This plant is now being 
enlarged to more than double its present capacity. The new 
building now under construction will be 101 feet high from 

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tlie foinidation to ilse £>Fble. Thr- plant now empl^ivs aLoiit 
t)0 men. 

The company has received one of the very few coucessions 
granted for private exhibition buildings at the Lewis and Clark 
Fair in Portland this year. A large expenditure is being made 
in special building and exhibits, including a panoramic view 
of the Olympia plant. Xo expense will be spared to make it 
one of the most unique features of the Fair. 



THE OLYMPIA PACKII^G CO. 

The Olympia Packing Company does an extensive business 
in Oysters, Clams and Fish. Their product finds a market in 
every town in the E'orthwest. 

THE OLYMPIA OYSTER CO. 

The Olympia Oyster Company, with branch houses in 
Tacoma and Seattle, controls the largest Oyster business on 
Puget Sound. Oysters, Clams and fish are shipped by this con- 
cern to all points on the Pacific Coast. The business has a 
steady and rapid gro^\i^h. 

THE OLYMPIA MEAT COMPANY. 

C. E. Crane and W. W. Hopkins proprietors, do an ex- 
tensive business in slaughtering, wholesaling and retailing 
meats. Their slaughtering and packing houses are located three 
miles east of Olympia. They have two retail shops in Olympia. 
The Palace Market, corner Fourth and Washington streets, is 
one of the finest markets on the coast. 

Their jobbing trade is jrapiidly increasing. They now 
slaughter 25 cattle daily, beside sheep, veals and hogs. 

The plant employs nine men. 

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A. II. CHAMBERS MEAT CO. 

A. H. Chambers operates an extensive slaughtering and 
packing business in Olympia. He also operates a large city 
market. He has an extensive jobbing trade in meats among the 
logging camps and towns of Southwestern Washington. Gray's 
Harbor uses large shipments from this Olympia plant. Mr. 
Chambers keeps a resident buyer of stock east of the mount- 
ains, whose whole time is fully ocupied in buying and ship- 
ping stock to the Olympia concern. Mr. Chambers' plant has 
a capacity of five cars of cattle per woeV. 

THE CAPITAL CITY— E^ISQUALLY CREAMERIES. 

Hazen W. Maynard, of Wisconsin, a man thoroughly edu- 
cated in the Agricultural College of that State, came to Olym- 
pia six years ago, with the intention of engaging in stock raising 
and agriculture. After thoroughly investigating conditions here . 
he saw the great opportunities in dairying. By the assistance of 
the Olympia Chamber of Commerce he induced a number of 
farmers to increase their herds and he established a creamery in 
Olympia. The business has rapidly developed and Mr. May- 
nard two years ago, established his second plant at Winlock, 
on the Xisqually River. The product from his plant is con- 
sidered second to none on the coast. Thurston Ccmnty is so 
peculiarly adapted to dairying that the business has developed 
very rapidly. The number of creameries now in opera- 
tion in Thurston County is more than double that in any other 
county in the state. While the business has made rapid strides, 
it is yet in its infancy. Its future the most enthusiastic can 
not measure. Ko man deserves more credit for this dc^velop- 
ment than Hazen W. Maynard. 

AN IMPORTANT OLYMPIA ENTERPRISE. 

The Earmers Co-Operative Creamery Co. was organized in 

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1902, by Thurston County farmers, for the purpose of manu- 
facturing their own dairy products. 

The enterprise has had a rapid growth from the beginning. 
In 1904 it handled milk and cream — the equivalent of 86,000 
pounds of butter. Its butter is in great demand in all markets 
in the northwest. 

Since its organization many of the farmers composing it 
have doubled the capacity of their dairies and many newcomers 
have joined the enterprise. In building their plant the com- 
pany provided for several times their needs at that time. The 
growth of the enterprise has shown the wisdom of this. The 
present plant can handle the product from 1,000 cows. S. D. 
Sullivan, the manager, Avhen asked what he thought of present 
conditions and future prospects for the dairy business of West- 
ern Washington said, ^'I believe the natural conditions for 
dairying in Western Washington — and particularly in Thurs- 
ton County — are better than in any other state in the Union, 
With grass green nearly all the year, with a climate in which 
root crops can be gathered any day in the winter, with cool 
summers and abundance of pure water, we can produce the 
■finest dairy products in the world." 



OLYMPIA LIGHT A^D POWEE COMPANY. 



Probably no enterprise has contributed more towards the 
progress and well-being of Olympia, or the comfort of her 
people, than the excellent light and power service, situate at 
Tumwater, a picturesque suburb of this city, at the mouth of 
the Des Chutes River and the extreme head of Puget Sound, 
on Budd's Inlet The lighting, as well as the car service, i& 
strictly up-to-date, and the equipments of the power house, at 
the foot of the lower falls, are not surpassed by that of any 
city of its size on the continent. It has a capacity of 1,600 
horsepower, which can be easily doubled by further installation 
of machinery. The flume, whose intake is at the head of the 
falls, about 80 feet in height, and the penstocks and stand-pipes^ 



are all of iron resting upon solid rock. The cars, for both sum- 
mer and winter service, are the l)est made, and the three miles 
of track is over a route that affords views of enchanting beauty. 
As it ascends Capitol Hill, a gentle eminence, a splended view 
is obtained of the contour of the bay for a distance of fifteen 
or tweiily miles, with Tlympia in the foregiound and the 
shimmering ^^aterc and the verdure-clad short^line affording 
a vista of surpassing loveliness. As the cars round the curve 
at the higher elevation, a beautiful view of Tumwater (or 
'New Market as it was formerly called) the first point of set- 
tlement by Americans on Puget Sound, bursts into view. Ihe 
series of cascades dashing at intervals into foamy clouds of 
spray, the little village with its occasional workshop, nestling 
on the gently rising hillside, the embryo park, under develop- 
ment by the car company, with its fine herd of elk and other 
attractions; with its rustic seats amid the remaining evergreen 
trees overlooking the falls, the rustic bridges that span the foam- 
ing current, the gardens and lawns and occasional family group 
amid the flowers and other adjuncts of home-liff, afford a 
glimpse of pastoral delight ever retained, that will cause the 
heart to throb whenever memory turns the pages of time. 
It is probable that it was this appeal to the heart of the poet- 
traveler, Tulia Ward Howe, that caused her to purchase a 
couple of lots in this bud of promise for an ideal home. 

The route of the car line is studded Avith pleasure and re- 
creatioix grounds. At one point is a spacious, cleared enclosure, 
where the Olyujpian games are renewed in all thci]' life-givijig 
vigor, where baseball, football, wrestling, cvcl''-' ridin.^\ and kind- 
red s]iorts, are in constant progress during the delightful days 
of summer. Then there are the quieter picnic resorts, and 
cosy nooks, for family outings, all of ^asy access by the car 
service. 

And for those who regard this enterprise from a more prac- 
tical view of utility, in dollars and cents, it presents promise 
of an unlimited distribution of ])OAver, Avherever needed, for 
all sorts of projects that cause the air to resound Avith the hum 
of industry. Here is an opportunity for all S(»rts of factories 



to secure sites on deep water, with the power brought to them, 
for building up industries that will have a far more than local 
demand for their wares. 

The car service began in Olympia in 1890 with horse cars. 
The lighting plant then consisted of a very poor and uncertain 
gas plant. If it were possible for our people to experience a 
like degree of evolution in the next decade, we would be living 
with heads above the clouds and with perpetual daylight at 
command. 

A fifteen minute car service is maintained between Olympia 
and Tumwater, closed cars being run in winter and open ob- 
sorvalion cars in summer. The service is first class and will 
cojiipare favorably with that of cities several times Olympiads 
size. 

Kates for light and power are low and splendid inducements 
are offered by the company to manufacturing concerns desiring 
to locate here. Olympia is probably the best and cheapest 
lighted city in the northwest. 



BANKS. 



The Capital National, the oldest bank in the City, is one of 
the strongest financial institutions on the coast. Possibly no 
other city in the United States the size of Olympia contains so 
strong a bank. Besides being a United States Depository, it 
carries deposits ranging from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. 

Its phenomenal success is, in a large measure, due to the 
sterling business integrity of' its officers, and its wise and 
liberal policy. 

C. J. Lord, President. 

O. C. White, Vice-President. 

W. J. Foster, Cashier. 

W. H. Brackett, Assistant Cashier. 

We herewith append the last statement to the Comptroller 
of the Currency, January 11, 1905 : 

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Capital National Bank, Olympia. 



state:\[ext. 



ASSETo. 
Loans and discounts 

Time $462,265 69 

Demand and warrants 429,965 01 $392,230 70 

Overdrafts 11,421 68 

U. S. Bonds 150,000 00 

Redemption fund 5,000 00 

Cash on hand 130,750 70 

Due from reserve agents 215,866 39 

Due from banks and bankers 537,419 46 

Total $1,942,688 93 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital stock paid in $100,000 00 

Surplus and undivided profits (net) 147,458 81 

National bank notes outstanding 100,000 00 

Deposits 1,595,230 12 

Total $1,942,688 93 

W. J. FOSTER, Cashier. 



THE OLYMPIA KATIOISTAL. 



This is the younger of our banking institutions, having re- 
ceived its charter in 1900. 

Like the Capital National, it owns its own bank building 
and has a splendidly appointed business house. It is officered 
and managed by our most energetic besiness men and as a 
result its business has a steady growth which is most gratifying 
to its friends and patrons. The wisdom of its management 
appeals to the public and it is justly regarded as one of the 
corner stone of the Capital City's financial structure. 

C. S. Reinhart, President. 

J. W. Mowell, Vice-President. 

-H. W. Smith, Cashier. - 

We append the following statement made at the close of 
business January 11, 1905 : 

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ASSETS. 

Loans and discounts $139,090 82 

V. S. Bonds 25,000 00 

Stocks, bonds and warrants 17,344 39 

Banking house furniture and fixtures 11.500 00 

Cash in vault $28,419 27 

Due from banks 38,347 17 66,766 44 

Total 259,701 65 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital stock paid in $ 50,000 00 

Surj)lus and undivided profits 10,474 03 

Circulation 25,000 00 

Dividends unpaid 100 00 

Deposits 174,127 62 

Total 259.701 65 



THE OLYMPIA DEVELOPMENT COMPAXY. 



Among the aids to the County's development and the growth 
of Olympia, and probably the foremost factor of progress at 
the present time is the above company. 

This corporation is composed of nearly one hundred and fif- 
ty influential people, organized in Ohio, abont three years ago, 
for the express purpose of aiding in development of resources 
that must of necessity be tributary to Olympia, a place selected, 
after careful investigation and thorough consideration, as one 
of the best, if not the very liest, point in the rapidly growing 
west for speedy, sure and lucrative results from well-directed 
enterprise. Its organization was effected at an opportune time, 
and, with sufficient capital its directors were enabled to secure 
a large part of the unimproved real estate, immediately ad- 
jacent to the city, including four thousand acres of land, and 
nearly all the unimproved city property on the west side of 
the bay, amounting to several thousand lots. That purchase 
practically puts the company in control of the futui'e develop- 
ment on that side of the bay, and enables it to accomplish its 
purpose in the most effective manner. Among its holdings are 



several miles of water frontage, including the most desirable 
sites for factories, mills and machine shops, of all descriptions. 
It is the intent of the company to deal liberally with all who 
will locate labor-employing enterprises. The manager of the 
company's affairs in Olympia is Mr. A. S. Caton. The officers 
are : A. P. Howard, President, Pittsburg, Pa. ; Dr. L. P. 
Holbrook, Vice-President, Olympia, and E. B. Conner, Secre- 
tary. Oiympia. 

Aside from Olympia's natural advantages, it seems to the 
Chamber of Commerce that no one feature furnishes greater 
assurance of its ultimate success in trying to build a great 
city, than the fact that a company with such holdings is devot- 
ing its efforts in that' direction. 



THE PEESS. 



Olympia is splendidly served in the journalistic field b^y 
the following publications: 

The Olympian, Daily and Weekly. 

The Olympia Recorder, Daily and Weekly, Associated 
Press. 

The Weekly Capital. 

The Washington Standard, Weekly. This is the oldest 
continuous publication in Washington. It has been edited and 
published for 45 years by John Miller Murphy without a siniiie 
break in its weekly issues. 'No other journal in the United 
States has such a record under one management. 

The Coliego Inae]^endent, Monthly. 

These are well supported and successful journals. 



PRIEST POi:^T PARK. 



The city of Olympia has just secured by purchase, 250 acres 
of land for a public park, fronting the east shore of Budd's In- 

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let, about l^/o miles north of the city. The to^wgraphy 
of the land makes it an ideal spot for the city's playground. For 
natural beauty, probably no spot on the Pacific Coast excells it. 
It will be speedily improved and will soon be connected with 
the city by electric car line. 



GE^^TEKAL MERCHA^tdIZING. 



All jincs of merchandise are represented in Olymjiia by 
reliable ap-to date merchants. 

Tlie credit of Olympia merchants has a high rating. Veiy 
few failures occur. Some of our scores will compare favorably 
with those in much laroer cities. 



PARTIAL LIST OE MA]STLTFACTURI:N^G ENTER 

PRISES m THURSTO]NT COUXTY, OUTSIDE 

OF OLYMPIA. 



The Black Lake Lumber Company, Black Lake. 

The Guslander Shingle Company, Black Lake. 

Lee Lumber Company, Tumwater. 

The Mcintosh Lumber Company, Tumwater. 

Thos. Russell Shingle Company, Lacey. 

The Union Lumber Company, Lacey. 

Cord & San, Shingle Mill, Sherlock. 

The Tenino Lumber Company, Tenino. 

The Blumaner Lumber Company, Tenino. 

The Tenino Stone Quarry, Tenino. 

Mentzer Bros. Lumber Company, Tenino. 

The Jem's Spar and Lumber Company, Tenino. 

£he Great Western Coal Company, Temno. 

The A. E. Baldwin Shingle Company, LitUc Rock. 

The Viora Shingle Company Little Rock. 

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Geo. Allen & Son Lumber Company, Little Kook. 
The Gate City Lumber Company, Gate City. 
Bucoda Lumber Company, Bucoda. 
Mutual Lumber Company, Bucoda. 



PKOPHECY. 



The Pacific the Storm Center of the Twentieth Century. 

We quote the following words from "'Missions and World 
Movements,'' by Bishop Charles H. Fowler : 

^'The Pacific is the storm center of the world. Low political 
barometers are traversing its vast surface. Danger-signals are 
ex.liibited on nearly every coapt. Ail great capitals are watching 
their ventures. The storm center has left the Mediterranean 
and the Britisli Channei and the North Atlantic, and now draws 
all evfi to the Yellow Se& and the Pacific." 

De Tocqueville said, ^'The United States ^vas a new factor 
in the world, the significance of which even the imagination 
could not grasp." Creasy, the English historian, in 1851 pre- 
dicted the forcible opening of Japan by the United States and 
vast changes in the Orient. 

Thomas H. Benton, argiiing in the United States Senate 
for a Pacific Eailroad, pointed to the setting sun and said, 
^' There, there, gentlemen, is the East." 

The Pacific washes five continents out of six. Asia con- 
tains the three greatest empires on earth — British, Russian, 
Chinese. It cradles three-fourths of mankind. It has the 
loftiest mountains and the most important rivers. It has the 
widest stretches of arable land and the most productive soil. 
It had an empire extending from the Arctic Sea to the Indian 
Ocean, and from Germany to the Yellow Sea. It built the 
most wonderful of all cities, Babylon, and the richest of all 
palaces — Persepolis, and the most beautiful of all tombs, the 
Taj Mahal. It has given us music and the drama, gunpowder 
and the compass, guide on earth ; and the Bible, guide to 
heaven. It has generated nearly all philosophies, and is the 

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birth-place of nearly all great religions. It has given birth 
to the five greatest religions and moral teachers of the world — 
Jesus, Moses, Buddha, Confucious and Mohammed. In this 
land Abraham , received the covenant and Moses the laAv. In 
this land the first Adam sinned and the second Adam suffered. 
This is great Asia, whose populations are still on the increase; 
whose commerce is the magiiet of every metropolis, and whose 
markets are the inspiration of every great nation and the neces- 
sity of all the dense populations. With new blood monopolizing 
her highways and developing her resources, it is impossible for 
the imagination to measure its importance. Xot a harbor open 
to the Pacific but feels the throbbing of its swelling pulse, and 
not a nation with a Pacific exposure that can safely sleep at 
the present low-tide mark. 

China's Bulk is too vast to be easily grasped by our minds. 
Her 1,500,000 square miles of the richest land on earth and 
her 400,000,000 of industrious people will make her, in the 
near future, the greatest consumer of the world's products. 
John Barrett — than whom America has no higher authority 
on Oriental conditions and possibilities — said, in an address 
to the Chicago Board of Trade during the recent Boxer upris- 
ings, that when China's foreign commerce reaches a total of 
$5.00 per capita (which he predicted it would do in 15 to 20 
years under the present tendency to an open-door policy) to 
handle the portion of it that would naturally fall to the United 
States without any effort upon our part — would require a fleet 
of 1,300 such steamers as the largest now plowing the Atlantic, 
making trips every thirty days. If this vast amount of com 
merce would fall to us by gravitation, surely American pluck 
and ingenuity would soon secure as much more. If China 
can in the next twenty-five years furnish us a commerce that 
will require in its transportation 2,600 ocean steamers, of the 
largest capacity, making monthly trips, surely all the rest of 
Asia, Japan, Siberia, Marchuria, Korea, Tibet, Hi, Kasgaria, 
Mongolia, India, Persia, Burmah, the Philippines and For- 
mosa, when the open-door has been established, should furnish 
us as much more. What does this mean? It means that the 

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ships employed in commerce between Asia and the United 
States, if lined up single file, prow to stern, would make a pro- 
cession 500 miles long coming to our harbors every thirty days. 
It is safe to say one-half of this commerce will be handled 
through Pacific Coast ports. In all probability three-fourths of 
it will be admitted through the gates facing the setting sun. 
This means three to four thousand of these ocean liners must 
be apcommcdated on tlie Pacific coast. To tliis commerce must 
be adaed also that of Australia^ Hawaii and Alaska. This 
will ic jiiire 375 to 400 miles of dockage facilities. The same 
forces which have made Puget Sound, even in its infancy, the 
second port in the Union in Oriental commerce and the fifth in 
totcil commerce wuU constantly be at work. 

The Sound being 1,200 miles nearer these Oriental ports 
than JlS chief competitor, San Francisco, and having, as it will 
in the near future, the terminals of practically all our trans- 
continental railroads, will no doubt continually increase the 
lead it has already gained. European commerce has built on 
our Atlantic seaboard eleven cities with a total population of 
8,000,000. The Pacific has only two harbors capable of great 
development, viz: San Francisco and Puget Sound. Among 
individual harbors on the Sound, Olympia only, can furnish 
more than ten miles of dock lines. By again referring to the map 
showing the possibilities of Olympiads harbor, it will be seen 
that within a radius of six miles she can furnish over seventy- 
five miles of dock lines. Again, the gently sloping beaches 
about these harbors will permit of every mile of this water line 
being built into slips rather than straight dock lines, thus in- 
creasing the capacity three fold. The contour of the land and 
lines of the sea about Olympia make it possible to handle with 
dispatch a greater commerce than can be handled in any other 
harbor on earth. Here, ^'Prophecy'' points to the greatest com- 
mercial emporium known to history. 



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